Sharon Lerch
Sharon Rae Lerch, 67, of Elgin, Iowa, died September 20, 2015 at the Good Samaritan Center in West Union, Iowa after a brief illness. She was born in Arlington, Iowa to her mother, Leola Hicks on September 6, 1948. After William Lerch married Leola in 1951, he adopted Sharon. Sharon graduated from Valley High School and resided most of her life in Clermont and Elgin. She enjoyed volunteering at the churches, libraries, and historical society. She never met a cat she couldn’t love, and is survived by her favorite, Snowy.
Sharon is also survived by a brother, Michael (Julie) Lerch, Elgin, Iowa; two sisters, Wendy (Peter) Wolf, Dubuque, Iowa and Julie (Marty Gibson) McCready, Gunder, Iowa; aunts and uncles, Arietta (Mick) Leonhart, Virginia Chapman Roete, Audrey Johnson, and Mervin Larson; two nieces; four nephews; great-nieces; great-nephews and many cousins.